Dr Marie Keenan is an Associate Professor of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, at UCD. She is a criminologist, forensic psychotherapist, restorative justice practitioner and registered social worker  [Candidate Seanad Election 2025].

Marie held appointments in child protection (Brixton) adult and adolescent mental health (Cork University Hospital and St John of God’s), the Irish Probation Service (Mountjoy Prison), the Rutland Addiction Treatment Centre, and Independent Practice with victim/survivors of sexual crime.

She was a founding member and co-ordinator of treatment at the Granada Institute for men who committed sexual offences against children. Marie contributes to several national and international statutory and professional bodies, including: Higher Education Authority’s Advisory Group on Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment in Higher Education Institutions in Ireland (2021-present). She is a published author including: Transforming Justice Responses to Historical / Non-Recent Institutional Abuses (forthcoming March 2025) (with A-M. McAlinden & J. Gallen) (Oxford University Press) (Open Access), Sexual Violence and Restorative Justice: Addressing the Justice Gap (2022) (with E. Zinsstag) (Oxford University Press) (Open Access), Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church: Gender, Power and Organisational Culture (2012) (Oxford University Press), Broken Faith: Why Hope Matters (2013) (with P. Claffey & J. Egan, eds) (Lang).

Criminal Justice & Legal Reform Domestic, Intimate Partner & Family Violence Trauma, Mental Health & Recovery